The Superwoman Code

Estrogen can get a bad rap in the medical world. Short of being one of the critical hormones for our female bodies, estrogen can be blamed for everything from heavy periods, migraines and PMS to hot flashes and memory laps with menopause. But estrogen is a critically important hormone, especially when it comes to our creativity.

Estrogen can influence our creativity in a number of positive ways, and in this episode of The Superwoman Code we discuss how we can harness your estrogen as a power for good. Whether you're a creative entrepreneur, a marketing expert, an architect or a awesome auntie wanting to spend time with her nieces and nephews… this episode is for you!

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Burnout.

The word that every busy entrepreneur, young professional, mom and side-hustler uses to describe how they're feeling... or uses as an excuse for why they're so tired alllllllll the time. Sound familiar?

In this episode of The Superwoman Code we discuss what the tipping points to burnout are, how to understand if you're approaching burnout and, you guessed it, what you can do if you're burning out.

In true Superwoman fashion, we're layering this episode with some stellar science, interesting trends, and a few gentle reminders that just because you can do it all doesn't mean that you need to do it all.

That's truly something I'm constantly learning.

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Public opinion persists that women have a biological edge as super-efficient multitaskers... but is this ideal actually supported by evidence? On episode 4 of The Superwoman Code we dive into the myth of multi-tasking and the female brain. Is the female brain wired to multitask better than men's brains are? What exactly does multitasking do to our brain? Are we more efficient when we multitask or are we just kidding ourselves? Without giving too much away... turns out that the idea that women are these amazing multitaskers isn't actually true. What it is is a cultural implication made to, you know, make women feel like they really do have to do it all. It's not that we're not good multitaskers, it's that we're doing (in general) a higher workload than our male counterparts.

In this episode, we'll also dive into how we can harness our hormones to help us be more efficient with our brain power; without overwhelming ourselves.

And... as an important note; it's not just in our home lives that these assumptions persist. These assumptions can influence the allocation of administrative tasks at the office - tasks like taking minutes and organising meetings should not be allocated based on gender. Governments need to dismantle these myths within their policies. Children add work that cannot be easily multitasked. Women need affordable, high-quality, and widely available childcare. Men also need access to flexible work, parental leave and childcare to share in this labour, and protections to ensure they aren't penalised for taking time to share in the care. We truly need to do better in our assumptions of "doing it all".

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When it comes to designing a life that is filled with love, care and salty air; Stefanie MacDonald has truly designed a beautiful life. Her company, Halifax Paper Hearts, is a curated card company bringing a little bit of that East Coast love to the rest of the world. Born from needing to find a card for her Aunt's wedding one year, Halifax Paper Hearts exploded onto the creative entrepreneurial scene in only a few short years.

But her journey into living a life that is purpose filled hasn't always been easy. Stefanie experienced her fair share of burnout in the beginning stages of her business, and it almost cost her her business, her normalcy and her health. In this episode she details what burnout felt like for her (with a little help from Dr. Ash!), how she came back from it, and the routines she keeps to a must-do every day to help her continue to communicate via her snail mail with the rest of the world.

Listen in on this exclusive interview with Stefanie and Dr. Ash and we know you'll walk away inspired to take on their world's magical moments with her inspiring message.

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If you're ready to start optimizing your cycle, one of the key points in doing so is knowing where you're at within your hormonal cycle.

And if you're on an IUD, taking a Birth Control Pill or getting the Depoprovera Shot… well… that can get a little more difficult to do.

Fear not!

This episode we dive into the ways that different forms of contraception can affect your hormonal cascades. We'll touch on which forms of contraception stop ovulation (and which have no (or little) effect on ovulation. We'll touch on how to figure out where you're at in your cycle, what to look for and how to harness the effects of those contraceptive devices.

But be warned - this is a general overview episode, and the research isn't the best. Why? Because the majority of research done examining women's hormonal fluctuations throughout their cycle while utilizing a form of contraception is done on young, healthy women with a regular cycle before they chose to use a form of contraception. So there's a big caveat on this cycle for all the women using contraception to regulate their cycle.

But - in fun news - I've told you all where the idea of the Birth Control Pill came from… and you'll be surprised to learn that it had a little something to do with… rabbits.

Yes.

Rabbits.

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But over here at The Superwoman Code we firmly believe that as women we were put on this earth for more than just having periods, making babies and going through menopause.

This episode we're diving deep into what our hormones actually do. Estrogen, Progesterone, Follicle Stimulating Hormones and Leutenizing Hormones; not to mention the Follicular Phase and the Luteal Phase. We explain how to harness your hormones during those phases, and give you a few sneak peeks into what an optimized cycle could look like. Women's health is about to move to a whole other level, and you can finally live the life you've always wanted.

Download our handy Hormone Optimization Planner to use your cycles to your advantage during this episode as we scratch the surface of what life could look like if our hormones worked for us, not against us.

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